The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (17:28): I do not wish to occupy too much of the council’s time, as usual, but I have a few remarks that I would like to add to the record on this important bill. This bill… Continue Reading Evidence (Identification) Amendment Bill

Adjourned debate on second reading (resumed on motion). The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (20:44): I rise briefly to support this bill. Dignity for Disability strongly supports this bill because, as we all know, smoking is the cause of so much preventable… Continue Reading TOBACCO PRODUCTS REGULATION (FURTHER RESTRICTIONS) AMENDMENT BILL

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (16:28): Today, I would like to speak briefly to indicate my support for the second reading of the Work Health and Safety Bill. This bill has been some years in the making. I believe that discussion… Continue Reading Work Health and Safety Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (11:08): I would like to very briefly put on record a couple of comments about the Roxby Downs amendment bill. Firstly, I would like to say that I acknowledge and understand the very real and positive… Continue Reading Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) (Amendment of Indenture) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (17:37): This afternoon I will speak briefly in support of the Hon. Stephen Wade’s Statutes Amendment (Public Assemblies and Addresses) Bill. In light of the escalating issue with street preachers in our city centre, it is… Continue Reading Statutes Amendment (Public Assemblies and Addresses) Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (11:05): I wish to speak briefly to this bill which, as I understand it, makes the necessary changes required to current legislation so as to implement the budget. I have a number of concerns, as you… Continue Reading Statutes Amendment (Budget 2010) Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (16:17):  I want to briefly place on the record my reasons for opposing this bill. When I first picked up this bill I was a little appalled by the suggestion that we should tinker with what… Continue Reading Speech In Parliament: Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Sentencing Considerations) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (22:29): I rise to speak to this bill and to indicate that I will be supporting it, but, before I go on any further, I would like to add something of an ad-lib response to comments… Continue Reading Speech in Parliament – Animal Welfare (Jumps Racing) Amendment Bill

I wish to briefly place on the record my position on this bill. First of all, it is worth pointing out that I form part of a generation that is lucky enough to have a lot of environmental science available… Continue Reading Electricity (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (17:18):  This is yet another bill from a government that wants to be seen as being tough on crime, but, unfortunately for the government, it would seem that coming up with a workable solution to crime… Continue Reading Speech in Parliament: Criminal Assets Confiscation (Prescribed Drug Offenders) Amendment Bill